Nearly £1000 raised for dumped silver fox’s enclosure

People have raised £955 for a new enclosure at a wildlife park after a silver fox was dumped by its owners.

Ark Wildlife Park in Boston took on an emergency rescue of the fox, who the keepers have named Dexter, but they have nowhere to house him.

The old owners were going to have the beautiful creature put down for being aggressive, but the vets managed to convince them to give up ownership.

Vets were left in a tricky situation without anywhere to keep Dexter permanently until Ark decided to take him in, where he has been living since January 18.

Jamie Mintram, one of the owners of Ark Wildlife Park, said: “So far [Dexter] has not been aggressive to the keeper. He is weary and scared but who can blame him? As with any fox he is totally unsuitable to kept as a household pet.”